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UNITED STATES Patented April 26, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. DICKEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

RAIL-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 758,586, dated April 26, 1904. Application filed July 22, 1903. Serial No. 166,571. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, GEORGE W. DICKEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to that class of railjoints which is used for the purpose of securing the adjacent or meeting ends of railwayrails together to prevent movement or displacement thereof, all vof which will more fully hereinafter appear.

The principal object of the invention is to provide asimple, economical, and eficient railjoint. Other objects of the invention will appear from an examination of the drawings and the following description and claims.

The invention consists principally in a railjoint for railway-rails in which there are combined two rail way-rails with their adjacent ends meeting and arranged in continuation of each other, sleeper mechanism upon which such rails rest, an anchor-bar arranged below and in contact with the lower surfaces of such sleeper mechanism, and means for securing the anchor-bar to the railway-rails.

The invention consists, further and finally, in the features, combinations, and details of construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of one type of railway-joint as'it appears when constructed in accordance with these improvements; ZFig. 2, a plan view of the same looking at it from above; Fig. 3,

va cross-sectional elevation, taken on line 3 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrow; and Fig. 4, a cross-sectional elevation, taken 0n line 4 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrow. vf

In the art to which this invention relates it is lwell known that it is very desirable to provide means for joining the meeting ends of railway-rails that will prevent a displacement of such ends during the passage of trains thereover. It is well known that ordinarily rail-joint mechanism is apt to become loose and allow the ends of the railway-rails to be pounded down into the sleepers, thereby making the track uneven and after a time the passage of trains thereover dangerous.

The principal object of this invention therefore is to provide a rail-joint of such construcl tion and arrangement as will best secure the meeting' ends of the railway-rails to the ties and prevent the disarrangement or displacement during the ordinary usagethereof, all of which will be understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art.

In constructing a rail-joint in accordance with these improvements l provide a plurality of railway ties or sleepers@ a and arrange the same, as is usual in such instances, transversely across the road-bed. Upon these sleepers is arranged a plurality of railway-rails b b, each in continuation of the other and with their adjacent ends meeting or substantially meeting each other. To secure these rails together,

a pair of angle-bars c and d is provided and arranged on each side of the web portion of the rails, contacting the same as well as the under portion of the head and the upper beveled surface of the base-flanges. These angleplates also have lipportons e extending downwardly outside the base-Bauges of the rails, so as to inclose or grasp the same', and such plates are secured together by means of a plurality of bolt and nut mechanisms f, which are passed through perforations in such angle-plates and through the web of the rail. To assist the angleplates in holding the parts together, as well as to firmly anchor the rails in position-that is, hold them tightly and rml y against the sleepers or ties-an anchorbar g is provided, preferably formed of such length as to span the spaces between and the under faces of three of the sleepers against the under surfaces of which it is inV contact. The outer lower lateral edges of this anchorbar are beveled and at substantially the same angle as the upper beveled surfaces of the railbase iianges. Engaging these beveled surfaces of the rail-base and anchor-bar is a pair of clamps L, shown particularly in Fig. 3. Clamping bolt and nut mechanism z' is provided and passed through perforations in these clamps, so that by tightening or loosening the nuts j such clamps may be used to firmly connect the rails and anchor-bar together, and thereby force the parts firmly against the sleepers, so as to prevent displacement of such rails and loosening of the angle-plates and railway-spikes I claim- 1. In a rail-joint, the combination of two railway-rails having their free ends meeting and arranged in continuation each of the other, sleeper mechanism upon which such railwayrails rest, an anchor-bar arranged below such sleeper mechanism in engagement with the under side thereof, and mechanism connecting the anchor-bar to the railway-rails for holding the railway-rails and anchor-bars rigidly in engagement with the sleeper mechanism and in rigid relation to each other, substantially as described.

2. In a rail-joint, the combination of a pair of railway-rails arranged in continuation each of the other and with their ends meeting, a plurality of railwayties upon which such rails rest, an anchor-bar arranged under such railway-ties in engagement with the under side thereof, and mechanism extending from the anchor-bar to the base-anges of the rails connecting such parts and holding them in rigid engagement with the upper and lower sides of the ties, respectively, substantially as described.

3. In a rail-joint, the combination of a plurality of railway-ties, a pair of railway-rails laid thereon each in continuation of the other with their meeting ends above one of such ties, an anchor bar or plate passed under a plurality of such ties and in engagement with the lower side thereof, and clamp mechanism securing the base-flanges of the railway-rails and anchor-bar together and holding them in fixed engagement with the upper and lower sides of the ties, respectively, substantially as described.

4. In a rail-joint, the combination of a plurality of railway-ties, a pair of rails laid thereon each in continuation of the other and with their ends meeting, an anchor-bar having its lower outer edges beveled and passed below a plurality of such ties or sleepers, and clamp mechanism engaging the beveled surfaces of the base-flanges of the rails and thc anchorbar to secure and hold such parts in position, substantially as described.

5. In a rail-joint, the combination of a plurality of railway ties or sleepers, a pair of railway-rails laid thereon each in continuation of the other and with their free ends meeting, angle-plates securing the adjacent ends of the railway-rails together, an anchor-bar provided withl a beveled lower surface passed below three of such railway-ties, clamp mechanism engaging the beveled surface of the baselanges of the railway-rails and anchor-bar, and bolt mechanism for securing such clamps to the base of the rails and anchor-bar, substantially as described.

6. In a rail-joint, the combination of a pair of railway-rails, angle-bars connecting the ends thereof, sleepers upon which such railway-rails are mounted, an anchor-bar arranged below such sleepers in engagement with the under side thereof, clamps extending from the railway-rails to the anchor-bar for holding them' in rigid engagement with the upper and lower surfaces of the sleepers, respectively, and means for holding such clamps in engagement with the railway-rails and anchor-bar, substantially as described.

GEORGE W. DICKEY.

Witnesses T HoMAs F. SHERIDAN, HARRY I. CROMER. 

